Lodi Community Hospital offers free classes in August
Take charge of your health through these useful talks

Lodi Community Hospital will help you make your dishes come alive with the use of herbs and spices at a free “Spice Up Your Life Cooking Demo” on August 7, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Lodi Community Hospital’s (LCH) Café, 225 Elyria St., Lodi. Food samples and recipes will be available. The class will be presented by Sherry McGraw, certified dietary manager of Nutrition Services at LCH. The class is free, but seating is limited. Please call 330-948-5511 to register.

Lodi Community Hospital is offering a free “Cardiac Health: Hypertension Help” class on August 12, from 6 – 7 p.m., at Lodi Community Hospital, 225 Elyria Street, Lodi. Kathy Wood, RN, BSN will present ways to control and prevent hypertension (high blood pressure). Anyone who has been diagnosed with hypertension or has a family history of heart disease is welcome. Please register by calling 330-948-5502.

Lodi Community Hospital is partnering with Lodi's Miller’s Market grocery store to provide free tours designed to make shopping for food and meal planning easier. Join Robin Waltenberger, Lodi Community Hospital’s registered dietitian, for a one-hour Good Health in Store: Supermarket Tours for Diabetes at Miller’s Market, 711 Wooster St., Lodi, on August 13, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. to learn how to simplify shopping and still enjoy eating. The tour provides hands-on experience with reading labels, determining portion sizes, deciding which foods are best (you may be surprised!), what to avoid, and when you can "bend the rules." The tour is open to everyone whether or not you have diabetes – the information is also helpful for weight loss, polycystic ovarian syndrome, or if you have high cholesterol, blood press or triglycerides! The tour is free, but you must call 330-948-5546 to reserve your place. Each tourist will receive a shopping guide, so don’t forget your glasses and a pen!

About Lodi Community Hospital Lodi Community Hospital, one of three hospitals in the Akron General Health System, has proudly provided community based healthcare to people of southwest Medina County and portions of Lorain, Ashland and Wayne Counties since 1920. Lodi Community Hospital is a designated 25-bed Critical Access Hospital and offers a comprehensive range of services: acute and skilled care; a full range of outpatient diagnostic, rehabilitation and physical therapy services; occupational health care; outpatient and general, minimally invasive surgery; radiology services; and a state-of-the-art 24-hour emergency room that has won numerous patient satisfaction awards. For more information, visit www.lodihospital.org and www.akrongeneral.org.